Announcements:

Proceedings in Obstetrics and Gynecology Editor-in-Chief Dr. Kimberly K. Leslie has been elected to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Council on Councils, a body that directly advises the NIH Director. Dr. Leslie, MD, is chair and departmental executive office for the UI Carver College of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Iowa City, Iowa. Additionally, in 2014 she and colleagues in the department co-founded Immortagen, which is developing a range of products and services to help oncologists provide patients personalized cancer care using the results of genetic testing of their tumors.

Thomas M. Gellhaus, M.D. is the Immediate Past President of ACOG. The American College and Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is the premiere organization in obstetrics and gynecology and has over 55,000 members and is the nation’s leading group of professionals providing health care for women.